COO of Funny or Die
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- COO at Funny or Die
- Past
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- CEO at Insider Pages
- Vice President Merchant Experience at Insider Pages
- Sr. Director Business Operations at Yahoo!
- Senior Consultant (Intern) at Accenture, High Tech Strategic Services
- District Manager at The Boston Beer Company
- Sales Representative at Diageo
- Education
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- Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- University of California at Davis
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Mitch Galbraith’s Experience
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COO
Funny or Die
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
April 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
Funny or Die is a Sequoia Capital-funded destination of choice for users, content creators, and advertisers in the online comedy video space.
Our key partners include Gary Sanchez Productions (Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, and Chris Henchy), Judd Apatow, and Creative Artists Agency.
The site launched in April '07 and is now one of the biggest comedy sites online with over 5.5M uniques / month. We've also built a world-class digital production team that cranks out some of the Web's most viral comedy.
In mid 2008 we announced an investment from HBO that involves the production of 10 half-hours of Funny or Die branded content to air on HBO in '09.
I am most deeply involved in viral, grassroots, and social media marketing; BD, syndication, and licensing; product design and development; FP&A; ad sales, sponsorships, and general money making; and most other facets of the business not related to making funny videos. -
CEO
Insider Pages
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
October 2006 — April 2007 (7 months)
Insider Pages is a local search site that enables friends and neighbors to share word-of-mouth wisdom about local businesses of all kinds. Millions of visitors come to the site every month to take advantage of one of the Web's largest collections of customer-written business reviews.
The company was originally funded by Sequoia Capital, SoftBank Capital, and Idealab but was acquired in Febuary of 2007 by IAC.
As CEO my role was to chart the company's strategy, manage day-to-day operations, oversee business/corporate development, make happy/productive employees, and delight users of our site. I also held a seat on the Insider Pages Board of Directors.
During my tenure as CEO Insider Pages costs decreased by more than 60%, our traffic grew by more than 4X and our revenue grew by more than 3X. -
Vice President Merchant Experience
Insider Pages
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
November 2005 — September 2006 (11 months)
Responsible for all company revenue streams and merchant interactions with our site/community.
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Sr. Director Business Operations
Yahoo!
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; YHOO; Internet industry)
June 2000 — November 2005 (5 years 6 months)
Oversaw business development, financial planning & analysis, outsourced customer care operations, and the advertising P&L for Yahoo! Small Business.
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Senior Consultant (Intern)
Accenture, High Tech Strategic Services
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ACN; Management Consulting industry)
June 1999 — September 1999 (4 months)
Created a strategic product roadmap and rollout plan for a small-business-targeted fiber optic-based internet service provider in preparation for an initial public offering
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District Manager
The Boston Beer Company
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; SAM; Food & Beverages industry)
December 1994 — September 1998 (3 years 10 months)
I joined the Samuel Adams team about one year before the company's IPO. While there I led a team that managed a network of beer distributors in California and Nevada. I was responsible for market planning, local advertising, pricing, promotional activity, inventory management, and key account management.
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Sales Representative
Diageo
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; DEO; Food & Beverages industry)
December 1992 — December 1994 (2 years 1 month)
Quota-carrying sales rep for the Nor Cal Chain Grocery division. 1993 Sales rep of the year.
Mitch Galbraith’s Education
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Stanford University Graduate School of Business
MBA , Strategy, finance, data analysis , 1998 — 2000
- Activities and Societies:
- Co-President of GSB Rugby
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University of California at Davis
BA , Economics, Communications , September 1989 — December 1992
- Activities and Societies:
- Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
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Mitch Galbraith’s Interests:
Consumer internet, online video, user generated content, viral marketing, video advertising, video syndication, local advertising, small business.
Mitch Galbraith’s Groups:
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Sequoia Capital Portfolio Company CEOs
Mitch Galbraith’s Contact Settings
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